Landscape Architecture

Designing for the site's fullest potential.

Washington State Capitol Campus Expansion

Washington State Law Enforcement Foundation
Olympia, WA

Heritage Park is a 24-acre expansion of the Washington State Capitol Campus. The urban park block, with its central lawn ellipse and fountain, terminates the historic “Wilder & White Axis” and the public Esplanade, connecting the State Capitol Building to the city of Olympia and Budd Inlet. Portico enhanced and created 9.4 acres of wetlands along the south shore of the middle basin of Capitol Lake. Portico’s most recent project at Heritage Park is the Washington State Law Enforcement Memorial. This contemplative memorial overlooks the park from a bluff north of the Washington State Capitol Temple of Justice. The Portico Group was involved in the production of a video to help support the Olympia Capitol Park Foundation’s acquisition of property to develop Capitol Olympic Vista Park. You may view the video here.